The Opelousas courier., 1887-05-14
CHAMELEON
BIZ ROSE H. LATHRoP.

UFSI tlG CULllEulcl DaCllclOtS. aSdlQ elm
Drake. "You are too young for that
but something compensates, evidently.
Nelly, whom some Of her friends calico
Cameleon, was sitting over the fire in he
private parler discussing her various
lovers with Felina. Fortunately Felin,
was engaged to be married, and was no
in a position to feel envy or to watch I'm
alphabetically the preliminary step.
toward an engagement on the part of hcl
friend. 1t was an event which she eager
" desired, that they might be entirely
mutual In their experiences. Felina
might have been jealous Of the Camclcon's
beauty; but the young girl was of that
charming class of lovely women whose
members appeal to their own sex by their
perfect good nature and childlike inno-
ccnce.
"Oh, lean tell you how that happens
the Camelcon responded, in her cheerful
voice. "Clever Mr.. Courtney told me
that my face would last well, and that he
had seen hundreds of bellies fade in a few
seasons, which had almost made a nissan
thrope of him.
swell, | think it was fine distinction
Fclina acquicsced. younger men don't
think Of that, and fancy that what is
chiefly youth is downright beauty. But
your precious cotintenancc will certainly
mature to its credit, and | can't imagine
you anything but excellent, whether time
pulls your face perpendicularly or hori-
1ontally! Plump or thin, pale or rosy,
Cameleon, it will be sure to remain a face
to conquer everybody
Nelly sighed.
Are you sorry for anything, asked
Felina.
"Why, it seems rather laborious,n the
young belle answered. .Yousce, / have
got to acccpt.one of thcm-these inevi-
table men-and it is 50 hard 10 choose.
There are somany professions represented,
for II thing. The handsomest and
most facinating of all my admirers, in d
way, is Mr.. Brucc-Lyman; and q will.
admit that his being in preparation for a
fashionable doctor of medicine is fatal.
| had not been engaged to him for two
days, Feiina q never told you that / did
accept him at first, when he prescribed
Tor a little cougt which I quite enloyed
and would not have had cured for the
world. But it was so lucky I might
have actually married him and heard ali
my life about drugs" Nelly discussed
her friends hand-embroidery for a mo-
ment and then continued. u suppose
rushed to the other extreme after break
ing with the doctor, for | allowed Mr..
William Fenimorc to give me an ex-
haustive catalogue Of his qualif-
cations for making me d GOOD
husband. lie has all his time
to himself until he inherits from his
father, when he must devote some atten-
ton to the estates; and he said that we
could travel all over the world, and that
did not need any society but mine,
and should be happy in China if I were
his wife. 1t looked to me like too much
leisure, you know, aud / was afraid that
had a passion for travelling. md thatI
mould 4 thorough Arabif I mar
FED ann. How could I employ Redeem
n Asia2 1 decided positively against
Mr.. Fenimore. When Mr.. Dalgian Of
Iered himself / was very much puzzled.
Here was a fine social position, in which
| should probably have been d leader from
beginning to end and gone down in civic
history as the beautiful Mrs. Dalgian, who
Entertained the elite Of both hcmispheres
such eonsummate grace. Mr.. Dial
gan Is not by any means uninteresting.
often think OF him, and the flowers he
'ent me were something astonishing, Fe-
ina; they showed such imaginative
5astes and he insisted on my keeping
ms ring as an act OF charity. Isn't it
he made his family call upon
and seemed to think he had accom-
pushed Z great work for his century when
y paid me their respects, Bntoh,
reilna, \ could not endure those Miss
Daigians. ! was afraid i should grow to
De axe them. Ihcy seemed to be lncon-
ny their ancestors, as IT they
them s1lt with them, and in a
9art,cuiafiy paralyzing condition, either
ghosts or mun1mIes and they neither
ooked 70 the rlght nor to the left
OF rear q catching sight OF one OF the
oid c~uFinuugcons. It was such q pity,
1ut inad TO tell MI: Dalgian that could
,ot THINK Of 1t-that was too fond Of
sae present
must say Cameleon, that Is one Of
1our litfic naushtlnesscsto keepthe poor
1outhss glft On your hnger. just as long
YOU keep W ne VIII think that you may
clents ana ! hope you will send it back
o-moTToW, dear Meanwhile, give It to
nj !, feiina felf Dound 20 say.
Inc gfTi complea, pointing, and hand
ng ner the ring {
! iish sners was Dick. pear Dlck
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